crosswords.lol scrapes the daily quick crossword data from the source code of the Guardian website and uses it to render a custom, mobile-optimised crossword UI (with a few extra bells and whistles added on top).

Why? Because the Guardian crossword setters are great ❤️ but their website crossword UI kinda sucks on mobile devices and can often be a bit frustrating to use.

So it seemed like a fun little project to try and build a nicer, more mobile-friendly app experience to complement their 👌 clue-setting.

If you enjoy using crosswords.lol then please consider heading over to the Guardian website to donate / subscribe / click on some ads or something. This is all (a bit cheekily) built on their data and it's always nice to say thank you 🙏